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̽»¨Ö±²¥Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2023 for Research Impact and Engagement

13 Dec 2023

Meet the winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2023 for Research Impact and Engagement and learn more about their projects.

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Established Academic 2023

13 Dec 2023

̽»¨Ö±²¥Established Academic for 2023 is Professor William Sutherland and his research team at Conservation Evidence.

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Northern Fulmar in flight

World’s most threatened seabirds visit remote plastic pollution hotspots

04 Jul 2023

Analysis of global tracking data for 77 species of petrel has revealed that a quarter of all plastics potentially encountered in their search for...

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Seal swimming in the sea near Robinson Crusoe Island

Toxic discovery on Robinson Crusoe Island

30 Apr 2023

Dr Constanza Toro-Valdivieso has been to the ends of the Earth to collect seal poo. Her results show that seemingly healthy seals are contaminated by...

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̽»¨Ö±²¥River Mimram. Image: Charles Rangeley-Wilson

Saving England's chalk streams

27 Apr 2023

A conference organised by Pembroke College, Cambridge Conservation Initiative and WildFish Conservation has mobilised activists working to save chalk...

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Digger making tracks in forest

At least 80% of the world’s most important sites for biodiversity on land currently contain human developments

23 Mar 2023

At least 80% of sites identified as being internationally important for biodiversity on land currently contain infrastructure − of which more than 75...

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Drone view of agricultural field - a tractor is baling hay next to woodland

Paying farmers to create woodland and wetland is the most cost-effective way to hit UK environment targets

20 Dec 2022

Study of farmer preferences shows that turning whole areas of farmland into habitats comes with half the price tag of integrating nature into...

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Brett Wilson

̽»¨Ö±²¥tulip hunter of Toktogul

09 Dec 2022

Brett Wilson's love of wild tulips has taken him to some of the most spectacular places in Central Asia, where he discovered a new species in...

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Cambridge experts on the UK heatwave and climate change

19 Jul 2022

From heatwave 'dismay' to the 'deadly' effects of climate change, here's what two Cambridge experts say about the UK's record-breaking temperatures.

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̽»¨Ö±²¥PhD student who wants to change the way we think about food

04 May 2022

When Gates Cambridge Scholar Clara Ma participated in the Veganuary challenge she didn’t realise it would change the course of her PhD. Today she’s...

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A butterfly behind glass

Butterflies through time: a new exhibition

22 Mar 2022

Butterflies through time at Cambridge’s Museum of Zoology illuminates the beautiful, turbulent history of butterflies across the UK.

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A wild horse on Wicken Fen, UK

Cambridge researchers to tackle major threats to 'UK’s vegetable garden'

15 Feb 2022

Cambridge researchers will tackle environmental threats that could affect a third of England’s home-grown vegetables and more than a quarter of the...

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